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Budget Portrait Photopraphy?

Started Aug 24, 2018 | Discussions thread
horizont Forum Member • Posts: 77
Re: Budget Portrait Photopraphy?

Jupiter 8 50 mm F/2 @ F/2 (on X-T100). Price including adapter is on average 40 EUR, can be less if you are lucky (I paid 20 EUR on a local flea market).

There are some other cheap MF vintage lenses with good characters for portraits available out there. L39 mount fits nice to X-T100, M42 adds some bulkiness. However, Pentacon 135 F/2.8 and Pentacon 200 F/4 are all in the range of 50 EUR and worth trying.

Wider and fast focal lengths are more problematic for budget vintage lenses in my experience. Flektogon 35 F/2.4 is already quiet expensive since it easily sells for 150 EUR. Jupiter 12 isn't adaptable.

Jupiter 8 50 mm F/2 @F/2

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Fujifilm X-T100 Fujifilm XF 35mm F1.4 R Fujifilm 16-50mm F3.5-5.6 II Fujifilm XF 23mm F2 R WR Nikon D7000 +4 more
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